St. Michael's Parish

Remembering – As we move into the month of November, we will lovingly remember our loved ones who have died.  107 funeral Masses have been celebrated across St. Michael’s and Holy Cross Churches since this time last year.  70  funeral Masses have been celebrated in St. Michael’s and 37 in Holy Cross Church since the…

Families – Ninety children from four schools enrolled for the Sacraments of First Confession and First Holy Communion last weekend. There was a great attendance at the Vigil Mass for this and we look forward to the other Do This in Memory Masses both before and after Christmas in preparation for the Sacraments. The beauty…

Parish Sacramental Preparation – This weekend we welcome all the First Holy Communion children and their families as they commence the parish element of their preparation for the Sacraments of First Confession in March and their First Holy Communion in April/May next year.  The ‘Do This in Memory’ parish programme works alongside the school-based ‘Grow…

Priests Retreat 2026 – Over the last few days, I joined many other priests from different parishes and chaplaincy appointments for our annual retreat. As in previous years, we were blessed with lovely weather and a special time to meet, to pray and to encourage one another. While priests in parish appointments are now stretched…

October – Very soon we will see a big change with the leaves falling, darker mornings and evenings, a sense of autumn and winter approaching.  We have been blessed this year with such beautiful days and hopefully these will continue for some time longer.  September was a long month for schools since reopening in late…